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“School of Negativity @ Bottom Feeder Books”: The School of Negativity was founded by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE in July, 2020, to provide amusement for himself & his friend Breen Casey. They went to Lake E(e)rie provided with painterly tools & made (a) painting(s) of a blue lake & a blue sky with complimentary colors on black canvases. Since then, tENT has expanded on the idea a bit, thinking about different kinds of negatives. The basic idea is to think of Negativity in the sense of a film negative. Anything can be a negative, any negative can be a latent positive. Or not.
tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE was born a llloooonnnggg time ago. During that long time, he’s tried to live in accordance with his imagination in a Criminally Sane way. That’s meant being a Psychopathfinder, a Jack-Off-Of-All-Trades, a Homonymphonemiac, a SPLEENIUS, an Imp Activist, a Practicing Promotextual, & many other neologisms. He’s also the most prolific moviemaker in the entire history of moviemaking, currently weighing in with 729 movies, 229 of which are features. That’s nothing to sneeze at.
For this exhibition, tENT is deeply indebted to Ryan McLennan, the proprietor of Bottom Feeder Books, for his knowledge, his friendliness, his open-mindedness, his helpfullness, & for the all-around greatness of his bookstore. tENT is further indebted to Julie Gonzalez who took time out of her maddeningly busy schedule to help tENT get into the armor & to shoot footage of him moving around & playing percussion instruments wearing the armor (no mean feat). Then there’s Breen Casey/Lisi who was there at Lake E(e)rie at the beginning & who took time out from HER maddening schedule to help me get in & out of the armor at the opening.
As the ticket for the opening explained: “If you do battle with the (Art) World it helps to be Thick-Skinned”.
- October 21, 2023E.V. notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE